Going East
Feb. 28th, 2010 06:06 pmNot a lot of photos from here, because we just stopped to post something and get a milkshake. So I'll make it quick so we can get onto the interesting stuff.
As I said in earlier posts, settlements were established in the valley in the 1820s and 1830s for mining and farming, but access was unreliable due to flooding and there's not much point mining and farming if you can't get good out (or in). So the government decided to build a pass through the mountains to connect the valley to the coast. In the early 1840s, a probation station was built near here, and another one on the coastal side and, from memory, about 400 men put to work building St Marys Pass. (Now I'll have to explain probation stations, especially as they'll come up again in later posts.)
( Not right now though. )
As I said in earlier posts, settlements were established in the valley in the 1820s and 1830s for mining and farming, but access was unreliable due to flooding and there's not much point mining and farming if you can't get good out (or in). So the government decided to build a pass through the mountains to connect the valley to the coast. In the early 1840s, a probation station was built near here, and another one on the coastal side and, from memory, about 400 men put to work building St Marys Pass. (Now I'll have to explain probation stations, especially as they'll come up again in later posts.)
( Not right now though. )
